gielschelfhout As a fervent musical fan It's weird that I never gotten around watching this beautiful movie. Never had I hoped that it would be this good.The movie throws you into a pool of emotions right from the strong and dark beginning to the epic ending. The acting is amazing, the actors sing very strong, beautifully and vocally correct. The costumes are amazing and camerawork is next level.At the ending I cried of pure joy, I never cry during movies and when I do, it hit my at my core. This is a movie.I will be seeing this many more times.

missylks-64800 Les Mis had the potential to be a great movie. After seeing the live play, I was looking forward to a version that could include the photos and background for an actual French Revolution. However.....Whoever created the cast should be FIRED! They picked some of THE WORST SINGERS in Hollywood and made them sing LIVE in the film! I couldn't watch it for more than 5 minutes because Hugh Jackman and Russel Crowe were so AWFUL! For a movie/play that does nothing but SING, I thought they would put their voices over their acting skills. Samantha Barks did great but that was it. Anne Hathaway was a great.....crier. If you want to see a GOOD Les Mis, go onto Youtube or iTunes and rent the 25th or 10th Anniversary Concerts of the play. Those are the type of people that should have been picked. If someone in charge can't find a famous celebrity with a good voice....search for someone NEW!

floordemmer I think about this movie every so often. I am and was so impressed with the way the movie was build up. From the beginning to the end I was in trance. Even though it mainly (read: only) uses songs to say anything at all. It has just been a wonderful, but long experience.

homdeb1058 The idea of a story being told by people singing to each other is rather silly on the surface, but it can work amazingly well with beautiful/soulful or catchy music and an engaging story. I watched Les Miserables mostly on the strength of the reviews and found it perfectly awful. The story was so so, the acting was blah, and the singing was cringworthy. Producers of musicals tend to cast singers who can also act to some degree because a "musical" mostly relies on the music. Here we have decent actors who can't sing and consequently seem out of their comfort zone in the acting department as well . Listening to them struggle thru their various songs was more tortuous than watching the terrible injustices their characters were living out in the story. I've seen high school musicals with more impressive talent and with a far more engaging production. A sympathetic 5 out 10 stars for this waste of 2 hours.